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Altaic

adjective Al·ta·ic \ al-ˈtā-ik \

Definition of Altaic

1 : of or relating to the Altai Mountains
2 : of, relating to, or constituting the Turkic, Tungusic, and Mongolian language families collectively

First Known Use of altaic

1757

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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